Nepal Part 2 POV Lesson www.LearnRealEnglish.com 1 © Copyright 2009: Learn Real English, LLC Hi everyone. Welcome to the point of view stories for “Nepal Part 2”. I hope that you’re ready to get started. Today we’re going to hear the same story from the mini-story lesson but we’re going to tell it in four different ways. Here we go. * * * * * Larry the lion was excited. For ten years he had been trying to get a job as a movie actor. But he had never been able to get a job in a movie. Then yesterday he got a phone call from Julia Roberts. She wanted to talk to him about acting in her new movie. So she set up a face to face meeting with him. The meeting was scheduled for next Thursday at 10 o’clock a.m. on the dot. The day before the meeting, Larry went to the beach to swim. Even though it was a cold day, he decided to go in the water. When he got out of the water he began to shake because it was so cold. The next morning he woke up feeling sick as a dog. He was coughing and his head felt like it was going to explode. He shouldn’t have gone swimming in the cold weather. His day started off on the wrong foot but he drove to his meeting. When he met Julia Roberts, he was very nervous. But she liked him very much. She asked him to act in her movie. Now Larry the lion was a famous movie star and he was sitting on top of the world. * * * * * Okay, so that was the story told as if it has already happened. Now let’s tell the story as if it is happening right now. Okay, so here we go. * * * * * Larry the lion is excited. For ten years he has been trying to get a job as a movie actor. But he has never been able to get a job in a movie. Then he gets a phone call from Julia Roberts. She wants to talk to him about acting in her new movie. So she sets up a face to face meeting with him. The meeting is scheduled for next Thursday at 10 o’clock a.m. on the dot. Nepal Part 2 POV Lesson www.LearnRealEnglish.com 2 © Copyright 2009: Learn Real English, LLC The day before the meeting, Larry goes to the beach to swim. Even though it is a cold day, he decides to go in the water. When he gets out of the water he begins to shake because it is so cold. The next morning he wakes up feeling sick as a dog. He is coughing and his head feels like it is going to explode. He should not have gone swimming in the cold water. His day starts off on the wrong foot but he drives to his meeting. When he meets Julia Roberts, he is very nervous. But she likes him very much. She asks him to act in her movie. Now Larry the lion is a famous movie star and he is sitting on top of the world. * * * * * Alright, we just heard the story being told as if it is happening right now. Next we will hear the story as if it is being told next year. Let’s begin. * * * * * Next year Larry the lion will be excited. For ten years he’ll have been trying to get a job as a movie actor. But he will not have been able to get a job in a movie. Then he’s gonna get a phone call from Julia Roberts. She’ll want to talk to him about acting in her new movie. So she’s gonna set up a face to face meeting with him. The meeting’ll be scheduled for the following Thursday at 10 o’clock a.m. on the dot. The day before the meeting, Larry’ll go to the beach to swim. Even though it will be a cold day, he’ll decide to go in the water. When he gets out of the water he’ll begin to shake because it is going to be so cold. The next morning he’ll wake up feeling sick as a dog. He’ll be coughing and his head’ll feel like it’s going to explode. He should not have gone swimming in the cold water. His day will start off on the wrong foot but he’ll drive to his meeting. When he meets Julia Roberts, he’ll be very nervous. But she’s gonna like him very much. And she’s gonna ask him to act in her movie. Then Larry the lion will become a famous movie star and he’ll be sitting on top of the world. * * * * * Nepal Part 2 POV Lesson www.LearnRealEnglish.com 3 © Copyright 2009: Learn Real English, LLC Okay, so there we just heard the story being told as if it is happening next year. Now, let’s hear Larry the Lion tell the story. So we’ll hear the story from Larry the Lion’s point of view. Here we go. * * * * * I was excited. For ten years I’ve been trying to get a job as a movie actor. But I’ve never been able to get a job in a movie. Then yesterday I got a phone call from Julia Roberts. She wanted to talk to me about acting in her new movie. So she set up a face to face meeting with me. The meeting was scheduled for next Thursday at 10 o’clock a.m. on the dot. The day before the meeting, I went to the beach to swim. Even though it was a cold day, I decided to go in the water. When I got out of the water I began to shake because it was so cold. The next morning I woke up feeling sick as a dog. I was coughing and my head felt like it was going to explode. I should not have gone swimming in the cold weather. My day started off on the wrong foot but I drove to the meeting. When I met Julia Roberts, I was very nervous. But she liked me very much. She asked me to act in her movie. Now I am a famous movie star and I am sittin’ on top of the world. * * * * * Okay, great. We just finished the point of view stories for the lesson “Nepal Part 2”. We have just heard four different versions of this story. So now try listening to each version again. When you feel like you know one of the versions well then try to tell that story on your own. Do this for each of the stories until you can tell them each on your own. It is important to learn these stories very well so don’t go too fast. Okay, that’s all. See ya next time. . Nepal Part 2 POV Lesson www.LearnRealEnglish.com 1 © Copyright 20 09: Learn Real English, LLC Hi everyone. Welcome to the point of view stories for Nepal Part 2 . I hope that. scheduled for next Thursday at 10 o’clock a.m. on the dot. Nepal Part 2 POV Lesson www.LearnRealEnglish.com 2 © Copyright 20 09: Learn Real English, LLC The day before the meeting, Larry. and he’ll be sitting on top of the world. * * * * * Nepal Part 2 POV Lesson www.LearnRealEnglish.com 3 © Copyright 20 09: Learn Real English, LLC Okay, so there we just heard